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you re watching bbc news at nine with me, geeta guru murthy the headlines: scotland s finance secretary derek mackay quits hours before the budget he admits he acted behaved foolishly in messaging a 16 year old boy on social media. the government wants to rush through new rules in less than three weeks in a bid to prevent a terrorist from being automatically released early from prison. thejustice secretary insists it s not a knee jerk reaction. it s not muscle clenching, we re tough, this is all about punishment . this is about public protection. it s the first of a government to get that right, and that s what we re doing. president trump is cleared of abuse of power and obstructing congress after an impeachment trial which bitterly divided the united states. china says 563 people have now died from coronavirus with 28,000 confirmed infections. i m spartacus. i m spartacus! hollywood legend kirk douglas dies at the age of 103, after a film career spanning seven decad ....
a very warm welcome to bbc news. i m mike embley. our top stories: a leading opposition figure in belarus reportedly abducted by masked men amid more mass protests against president lukashenko. two dozen wildfires blaze across california as the heatwave sees los angeles county hit its highest ever temperature. typhoon haishen has lashed south korea s east coast, causing landslides and bringing down power lines. hundreds of rohingya refugees land in indonesia after six months at sea. and is pepper, the culturally aware robot, the answer to the care home staff shortage? hello to you. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus has been abducted by unidentified men according to local reports. witnesses say maria kolesnikava one of the three women who joined forces to challenge president lukashenko in the recent election, was bundled into a vehicle in minsk and driven away. she had attended a mass demonstration in the capital on sunday. the interior ministry is saying i ....
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. large scale trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca show it is 70% effective at preventing covid 19, rising to 90% depending on the dosage. it really looks as if there is a vaccine which has the potential to protect against the disease. and importantly, in anyone who had the vaccine, there were no admissions to hospital, no severe disease. the uk government has secured 100 million doses of the vaccine enough for most of the uk population. we hope to be able to start vaccinating next month. the bulk of the vaccine roll out programme will be in january, february, march. and we hope that sometime after easter, things will be able to start to get back to normal. it s expected all shops in england will be allowed to open in the lead up to christmas, but pubs and restaurants could face tougher restrictions as part of new government measures to fight coronav ....
after three years of deadlock, power sharing will return to northern ireland. a short time ago, sinn fein agreed to return to devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly can finally sit again. i believe that powersharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a fair and balanced deal and a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government to deal with all of the difficult issues that we need to deal with. we ll be asking how difficult the road ahead could be. also tonight. an attack on a guard at a prison in cambridgeshire is now being treated as a terrorist incident. a candlelit vigil in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran continues to reject claims that it shot it down. bushfires merge the mega blaze whipped up by gale force winds in australia. we report from one town where thousands of people are about to be evacuated. and ....
this is bbc newsm with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. personal attacks and feisty exchanges from the two men who want to be the next president of the united states. millions tune into the first presidential tv debate. bad tempered, rude, i m not going to answer and full of interruptions the question because. why won t you answer that question? donald trump and joe biden face each other the question is. in the first us presidential debate. radical left. will you shut up, man. listen. the president refused the two men traded insults in a debate characterised by personal attacks and bitter exchanges. to condemn white supremacy, the radical left. will you shut up, man? listen, who is.? oh, give me a break. you know what? instead saying the far right proud boys should stand there s nothing smart about you. back and stand by . well, it s hard to get any supporters of the group word i ....